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Study Sheds Light On Lung Cancers That Are Undetected By Radiograph
Sep 05, 2012
New research has revealed why some lung cancers are undetected by radiograph and helped to identify the type of people who may be at risk of this form of the disease. The findings was presented on Monday (3 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna. There has been no significant reduction in lung cancer mortality rates in recent years... Read More
Study Sheds Light On Lung Cancers That Are Undetected By Radiograph
Sep 05, 2012
New research has revealed why some lung cancers are undetected by radiograph and helped to identify the type of people who may be at risk of this form of the disease. The findings was presented on Monday (3 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna. There has been no significant reduction in lung cancer mortality rates in recent years... Read More
'Triple-Threat' Approach Reduces Life-Threatening Central Line Infections In Children With Cancer
Sep 05, 2012
Hospitals can dramatically reduce the number of life-threatening central line infections in pediatric cancer patients by following a set of basic precautions, by encouraging families to speak up when they observe noncompliance with the protocol and by honest analysis of the root cause behind every single infection, according to a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study... Read More
Breakthrough Should Speed Up Development Of Diagnostic Tests And Treatments Based On Proteins Specific To Certain Diseases
Sep 05, 2012
Combining two well-established analytic techniques and adding a twist identifies proteins from blood with as much accuracy and sensitivity as the antibody-based tests used clinically, researchers report this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition online... Read More
Breakthrough Should Speed Up Development Of Diagnostic Tests And Treatments Based On Proteins Specific To Certain Diseases
Sep 05, 2012
Combining two well-established analytic techniques and adding a twist identifies proteins from blood with as much accuracy and sensitivity as the antibody-based tests used clinically, researchers report this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition online... Read More
Behavioral Risk Factors In Colorectal Cancer Linked To Socioeconomic Factors
Sep 04, 2012
Physical inactivity, unhealthy dietary habits, and other health disparities commonly found in low socioeconomic status (SES) populations may be associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancer incidence in the U.S., according to a study published September 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Behavioral risk factors and obesity are more common in low-SES populations in the U... Read More
More Non-Smokers Are Being Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
Sep 04, 2012
New research has found that the number of non-smokers being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer has increased. The study, which will be presented today at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna, also discovered that the the number of women being diagnosed with this type of cancer is increasing as well... Read More
More Non-Smokers Are Being Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
Sep 04, 2012
New research has found that the number of non-smokers being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer has increased. The study, which will be presented today at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna, also discovered that the the number of women being diagnosed with this type of cancer is increasing as well... Read More
Studies Suggest A Strong Link Between Sleep Apnea And Cancer Mortality
Sep 04, 2012
A new study, an addition to a trial from earlier in the year, was presented at the European Respiratory Society's (ERS) Annual Congress in Vienna today and reveals that sleep apnea is linked to a higher risk of dying from cancer. Sleep apnea is when a person has abnormal pauses in breathing or very low breathing during sleep... Read More
Discovery Of Genetic Link To Prostate Cancer Risk In African Americans
Sep 04, 2012
Prostate cancer in African-American men is associated with specific changes in the IL-16 gene, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. The study, published online in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, establishes the association of IL-16 with prostate cancer in men of both African and European descent... Read More
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